Bucket and equipment for carrying same



April 1, 1930. E. TROFTEN BUCKET AND EQUIPMENT FOR CARRYING SAME Filed Sept. 25, 192 8 5. may

1 pvveNTa Patented Apr. 1, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EINAR TRFTEN, OF SULITJELMA, NORWAY Application filed September 25, 1928, Serial No. 308,281, and in Norway August 5, 1927.

This invention relates to an equipment for carrying buckets and the like on the back by means of straps having for its object to enable the carrying of such buckets with 5 greater ease and safety.

F or this purpose the carrying strap is passed through an upper and two lower rings or the like and is at its lower part connected to a transverse hipband, which is fastened to 10 the lower part of the bucket.

An embodiment of my invention is shown in the drawing.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the bucket and its equipment,

Fig. 2 shows a detail.

The side 1 of the bucket facing the back of the wearer is concave and the lower corners of the bucket are provided with lugs or ears 5 and 6 for the connection of the straps. The 20 latter consist of a carrying strap 3 connected to atransverse hip-band 2. The carrying strap is in known manner passed through a loop or hoop 4 fixed at the upper part of the I, bucket and said loop is so shaped that it may also serve as a grip for handling the bucket. The hip band 2 is at 12 fixed (sewn or riveted) to the transverse part 16 of the carrying straps 3, which at the lower part are passed through rings 18 and 19 fastened to short straps 20 and 21 the free ends of which are connected to the hip band 2.

The hip band 2, one end of which is provided with a buckle 24, is made of so great a length that it can be passed around the lower part of the bucket and drawn tight and fastened thereto.

The hip band 2 may be permanently fixed to the ears 5 and 6 or may be passed through holes or slots in said ears. Preferably a separate strap or band is arranged passing around the front side of the bucket in order to strengthen same. This strap may be connected to the hip band 2 or to the ears 5 and 6.

The straps may be fastened in other ways 0 than shown and described, but the rings 18 and 19 must be located in such a manner that the hip band 2 is located freely.

The straps are adapted to be removed in orr der to be used for carrying boxes, trunks etc.

On the bucket there may be arranged detachable packets or containers 9, which may be fastened by means of straps or the like fixed to the bucket.- These containers may also serve as cooking receptacles etc.

The bucket is formed with a downwardly increasing cross-section and its side facing the back of the wearer is fiat at its upper part and takes a gradually increasing concave shape downwards, and its outer side is circular or otherwise curved outwardly.

I claim:

1. In combination with a bucket to be carried on the back, a carrying equipment comprising a single strap member, one holding member attached at the upper part of the bucket, a holding member attached at each side of the lower part of the bucket for receiving said strap member to be held thereby in such a manner that the middle portion of N the strap extending between the said lower holding members takes the character of a hipband for the bucket carrying equipment, another strap connected with said middle portion of the carrying strap and means for fastening said last mentioned strap to opposite ends of the lower portion of the bucket.

2. In combination with a bucket to be car ried on the back, a carrying equipment comprlsing a single strap, a loop attached at top in the middle rear face of the bucket, two rings attached at bottom at both sides of the bucket and adapted to receive the strap passed therethrough and also passed crosswise through said loop in such a manner that the middle portion of the strap extending 8 EINAR TRGFTEN. 

